Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-05
A SEVERE EARTHQUAKES.

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RoME, February 28.-Two shocks OF earth
quake were felt at 6 O'Clock this morning.
Houses rocked and walls cracked, and IN
some cases Irail tenements We're thrown to
the ground. The people rushed from the
hOuseE and fell upon their knees IN the
streets, praying for deliverence from sud
den death Visitors TO the city became
thoroughly frightened and are 10 wing.
Many persons were inilred By the falling
debris. Shocks were also felt at Monte
Carlo and Monaco, at which place they
were SO severe that rocks were detached
from the cliffs and precipItated into the sea.
The disturbance extended as fa- as Genoa.
A dispatch from Nice says many casual
ties have been caused by the earthquakes
Lh5ra. The people are panic stricken. The
railway stations are besieged With visitors
who are anxious to leave Two houses were
destroyed BY the earthquake. Three persons
were buried IN the ruins of these buildings.
There was also a slight shock at Margeilles
this morning. The walls of a number of
houses In that city were cracked. SHOCKS
we're also felt at Leghorn and Milan and
several places IN the provinces. The shock
was felt with great severity at Savsna, near
Geneva. and number of houses were
wrecked Eleven persons were killed at that
place.
The prince of Wales being at Cannes, the
queen be came anxious concerning him, ant
at once telegraphed him The prince imme-
dlatelY telegfaphed a reassurinR reply, say
ing that he was well and uninjured. The
government IN consideration of the popu-
lar concern about the safety OF the prince,
requested him, by telegraph, to return to
England as soon as he can conveniently, to
allay the anxiety.
A second and severe shock of earthquake
has occurred IN Genoa and surrounding
towns. At Savena eight persons we're
killed ana fifteen others injured. Immense
damage was done to property.
LONDON February 25.-Eu lthsr details
from the rivers increases the disaster. At
CerVaW, near DanO, Mariana, thirty per-
SONS were killed By being buried in the ruins
Of the falling buildings Railway traffic is
suspended beyond SaVena. The prisoners in
the government jail at Flnal5Orgo, alarmed
by earthquake, attempted TO escape but were
overcome by the guards.
At Genoa the shock was very violent The
ducal palace and many other houses were
seriously damaged. At Turin the churches
suffered severely. In the neighbOrhOOd of
| DOrdigOra many houses fell, killing the in
mates. The bslfry of st. Augustine church,
at kicA, fell. The Prince OF Wales has gone
to Monte Carlo. There are rumOrs of enOr-
nous damage IN the mountains, caused by
an ayalache set in motion by the shocks.
Horses became restless and refused to move
hours before the event. The Tongues, river,
fed by Petrarch's fountain, suddenly over
flowed, but soon subEided.
ROME, February 24.-Details have been
received this morning OF the results of the
earthquake yesterday, showing the effects
| are far more serious than was thought. The
| loss Of life and the destruction of property
/ Is learned to have been terrible. The most
startling news comes from Genoese Riviera.
/ Over ], 500 people are killed in that district.
At the village OF BajardO, situated at the top
of the hill, a number of the inhabitants
/ took refuge IN the church, where the shocks
| were first felt. A subsequent and greater
shock demolished the church and the 300
| people who we're in it we're killed. The de-
/ structiOn Of property IN the sections of Italy
/ visited by the earthquake Is immense and
/ widespread. Another shock was felt at
70 n hat
houses were shaken, but no one was injured.
/ Additional details concerning the dam &c
/ done yesterday show that in some cases vii
/ lagos built on mountain sides tOppled into
/ the valleys. Three railway trains have been
/ dispatched with food for the sufferers. A
number of soldiers have also been sent to
| assist them.
| PARIS, February 24.-Two slight shocks of
1 earthquake we're felt to-day at Nice and
| Cannes No injury was done. Yesterda 3
/ disturbances killed two persons and injured
/ ten at Nice; four were killed and two injured
| at Bar; two killed and two injured at Boil
/ lenS, and at Chateau NeUf many were in
! jured. At savOna two houses fell, killing
/ nine persons and injuring fifteen. The whole
| population OF SayOna are bivOuaeked about
/ the town.
! NICE, February 24.-Sixty houses here are
/ tOtterIng and ready to fail, the result of the
scattering inflicted by yesterdays earth
l quakes. Many others are much damaged.
/ In most residences more or less of the fur
| Wales remains at Cannes. Fifty persons
injured at Mentome. King Charles and
Queen Olga, Of Wurtemburs, remain in
[ Lbeir villa.
Reports OF disaster continue to arrive.
The total number Of deaths reported to the
present time are about 1900. Shocks were
felt at Parma, Turin ana COenZa. UndUla-
tons 4 the earth were noticed at CantsnIa,
/ IN Sicily, at the foot Of Mount Etna. The
director Of the Turin observatory telegraphs
that selgm1e instruments are qulesceut, and
no further disturbance is feared.
LONDON, February pa dispatch from
Nice say 70 another earthquake was felt il
that city this morning, but the disturbance
was slight
PANS, February 25--FlammariOn and
other astronomers predict further shocks
butts say the disturbances will probably be
less severe. In the department of Var the
walls OF houses and churches were cracked.
No lives were lost. At Nice and Cannes the
panic is subsiding and the inhabitants who
have been camping out are returning q
thsir homes. Yesterdays shock destroyed
the arches Of the cathedral of the COncep.
ton at Nice.